Small employers and HR leads in Australia

What does the business do? How many staff?

A psychosocial risk assessment and policy for a small employer: hazards, controls and review under the WHS laws or Victoria's 2025 rules. Free to read.

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  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Every fact cites its source
AUSTRALIA

ePlan fills in

  • State regulator
  • Regulations that apply
  • Common hazards

How it works

Psychosocial risk assessment and policy, from one answer

  1. Pick your state and describe the work and the team.One answer starts the project. ePlan names it and looks up the place.
  2. ePlan lists the hazards to check and the rules that apply where you are.3 more questions, each with a "not sure yet" way out.
  3. Read the assessment free, then download it to consult on and adopt.The draft marks what to check (amber), what to pick (blue) and what to fill in (violet).

What you get

Psychosocial risk assessment and policy and 1 more document

The first draft is free to read. Each document after it is drafted from the same confirmed facts.

The first draft

Psychosocial risk assessment and policy

  1. Business, workers and types of work
  2. Consultation with workers
  3. Hazards identified
  4. Risk: duration, frequency and severity
  5. How hazards interact
  6. Controls to eliminate or minimise

Modeled on: Safe Work Australia model Code of Practice: Managing psychosocial hazards at work; WorkSafe Victoria compliance code

Next · 2

Workplace emergency plan

  1. Emergency procedures
  2. Evacuation
  3. Testing
  4. Training

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

14

common psychosocial hazards Safe Work Australia lists, from job demands and low job control to bullying, harassment and remote work
Source: Safe Work Australia

Questions

Psychosocial risk assessment and policy: what people ask

What are psychosocial hazards?

Safe Work Australia lists 14 common ones: job demands, low job control, poor support, lack of role clarity, poor change management, inadequate reward and recognition, poor organisational justice, traumatic events, remote or isolated work, poor physical environments, violence and aggression, bullying, harassment, and conflict or poor workplace relationships.

Source: safeworkaustralia.gov.au

What must an employer do about them?

Under r 55A to 55D of the model WHS Regulations, a business must manage psychosocial risks and put controls in place, considering how long, how often and how severely workers are exposed, how hazards interact, and the design and systems of work.

Source: legislation.gov.au

What changed in Victoria?

The Occupational Health and Safety (Psychological Health) Regulations 2025 started on 1 December 2025. Employers must identify psychosocial hazards, eliminate or control the risks and review their controls. WorkSafe Victoria has published a compliance code.

Source: worksafe.vic.gov.au

The rules this door follows